extort
Example Sentences
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There in Africa, smugglers link up with al Qaeda-affiliated groups that escort the cargoes north and extort payments from the overland convoys, said current and former rebel leaders in northern Mali.
But her political career ended when her husband, Bill Collins, a dentist and businessman, was convicted in 1993 of extorting money from people who had business before the state while his wife was governor.
The lawsuit also claims Tidmarsh attempted to “extort and solicit” continued payment from another Tang company.
The email from Galda “transparently reflects an attempt to extort and solicit a bribe,” the complaint alleged.
A spokesperson for Discord told the BBC that those claims are inaccurate and "part of an attempt to extort payment".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
